Epson Lq680 User Guide

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Transporting the Printer 
If you need to transport your printer some distance, carefully 
repack it using the original box and packing materials, as 
described below.
 
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Warning:
You need to move the print head by hand to remove the ribbon 
cartridge. If you have just used the printer, the print head may 
be hot; let it cool for a few minutes before touching it.
1. Remove any paper loaded in the printer. 
2. Make sure the printer is turned off. 
3. Unplug the power cord from the electrical outlet; then 
disconnect the interface cable from the printer.
4. Remove the paper guide. If any options are installed, remove 
them and pack them in their original boxes.
5. Open the printer cover.
6. Make sure that the print head is not hot. Then remove the 
ribbon cartridge as described in Chapter 1, “Installing or 
Replacing the Ribbon Cartridge.”
7. Repack the printer, ribbon cartridge, paper guide, and power 
cord in the original packing materials and place them in the 
printer’s original box. 
						

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Appendix C
Specifications
Printer Specifications  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Mechanical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-2
Electronic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-4
Electrical . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Environmental  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Paper. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-6
Printable area  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-11
Safety approvals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14
CE marking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-14
Command Lists  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15
EPSON ESC/P2 control codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-15
IBM 2390 Plus emulation control codes  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . C-16 
						

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Printer Specifications
Mechanical
Printing method: 24-pin impact dot matrix
Printing speed: High-speed draft  413 cps at 10 cpi
Draft  310 cps at 10 cpi 
372 cps at 12 cpi
465 cps at 15 cpi
Draft condensed 264 cps at 17 cpi
310 cps at 20 cpi
LQ 103 cps at 10 cpi
124 cps at 12 cpi
155 cps at 15 cpi
LQ condensed 175 cps at 17 cpi
206 cps at 20 cpi
Printing direction: Bidirectional logic seeking for text and 
graphics printing. Unidirectional text or 
graphics printing can be selected using 
software commands.
Line spacing: 1/6-inch or programmable in 1/360-inch 
increments
Printable columns: 106 columns (at 10 cpi)
Resolution: 360 ´ 180 dpi maximum
Paper feed methods: Friction (front paper entry)
Push tractor (rear paper entry) 
Cut-sheet feeders (optional)
Roll paper holder (optional)
Paper feed speed: Continuous  127 mm/second
(5 inches/second)
Int ermitt ent 64 msec/line at 1/6-inch 
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Paper capacity: High-capacity cut-sheet feeder
up to 150 sheets of 82 g/m² (22 lb) paper
up to 25 plain or bond envelopes
up to 30 airmail envelopes
up to 50 postcards
Note:
The total thickness of the paper stack can be up 
to 15 mm (0.59 inch).
Single-bin cut-sheet feeder
up to 50 sheets of 82 g/m² (22 lb) paper
Note:
The total thickness of the paper stack can be up 
to 5 mm (0.20 inch).
Reliability: Total print volume 20 million lines 
(except print head)
MTBF 10,000 POH 
(25% duty)
Print head life 400 million strokes
per wire
Acoustic noise: Approx. 55 dB (A) (ISO 7779 pattern)
Dimensions and 
weight:Height  230 mm (9 inches)
Width  497 mm (19.6 inches)
Depth  387 mm (15.2 inches)
Weight LQ-680
approx. 9.0 kg (19.8 lb)
LQ-680Pro
approx. 9.4 kg (20.7 lb)
Ribbon: Black ribbon cartridge (S015016)
Ribbon life  2 million characters 
(LQ, 10 cpi, 48 dots/
character) 
						

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Electronic
Interfaces: One standard bidirectional 8-bit parallel 
interface with IEEE 1284 nibble mode 
support and one optional interface slot
Buffer: 64KB
Built-in fonts: 
Bitmap fonts
EPSON Draft 10, 12, 15 cpi
EPSON Roman 10, 12, 15 cpi, 
proportional
EPSON Sans Serif 10, 12, 15 cpi, 
proportional
EPSON Courier 10, 12, 15 cpi
EPSON Prestige 10, 12 cpi
EPSON Script 10 cpi
EPSON OCR-B 10 cpi
EPSON Orator 10 cpi
EPSON Orator-S 10 cpi
EPSON Script C proportional
Scalable fonts
EPSON Roman 10.5, 8-32 pt 
(every 2 pt)
EPSON Sans Serif 10.5, 8-32 pt 
(every 2 pt)
EPSON Roman T 10.5, 8-32 pt 
(every 2 pt)
EPSON Sans Serif H 10.5, 8-32 pt 
(every 2 pt)
Barcode fonts
EAN-13, EAN-8, Interleaved 2 of 5, UPC-
A, UPC-E, Code 39, Code 128, POSTNET 
						

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Character  tables: One Italic and 12 graphical character tables:
Italic table, 
PC 437 (US Standard Europe), 
PC 850 (Multilingual), 
PC 860 (Portuguese), 
PC 861 (Icelandic), PC 865 (Nordic), 
PC 863 (French-Canadian), 
BRASCII, Abicomp, ISO Latin 1, 
Roman 8, PC 858, ISO 8859-15
Following 23 graphical character tables are 
also available in some countries:
PC 437 Greek, 
PC 852 (Eastern Europe), 
PC 853 (Turkish), PC 855 (Cyrillic), 
PC 857 (Turkish), PC 866 (Russian), 
PC 864 (Arabic), PC 869 (Greek), 
MAZOWIA (Poland), 
Code MJK (CSFR), 
ISO 8859-7 (Latin/Greek), 
ISO Latin 1T (Turkish), 
Bulgaria (Bulgarian), 
PC 774 (LST 1283: 1993), 
Estonia (Estonian), 
PC 771 (Lithuanian), ISO 8859-2, 
PC 866 LAT. (Latvian), 
PC 866 UKR (Ukranian), 
PC APTEC (Arabic), PC 708 (Arabic), 
PC 720 (Arabic), PC AR 864 (Arabic)
Character sets: 14 international character sets and one 
legal character set:
USA, France, Germany, UK, Denmark I, 
Sweden, Italy, Spain I
Japan, Norway, Denmark II, Spain II, 
Latin America, Korea, Legal
Latter 7 sets can be selected only with the 
ESC R command. 
						

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Electrical
Note:
Check the label on the back of the printer for the voltage of your printer.
Environmental
Paper
Note:
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Use recycled paper, postcards, envelopes, and labels only under 
normal temperature and humidity conditions, as follows:
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Do not load paper that has been folded or is damaged, wrinkled, or 
curled.
120 V Model 220 to 240 V Model
Input voltage range 99 to 132 V 198 to 264 V
Rated frequency range 50 to 60 Hz
Input frequency range 49.5 to 60.5 Hz
Rated current 1.0 A (maximum 
2.5 A depending on 
the character type)0.5 A (maximum 
1.4 A depending on 
the character type)
Power consumption Approx. 42 W (ISO/IEC 10561 letter pattern)
Temperature Humidity
(without condensation)
Operation 5 to 35 °C (41 to 95 °F) 10 to 80% RH
Storage
–30 to 60 °C (
–22 to 140 °F) 0 to 85% RH
Temperature 15 to 25 °C (59 to 77 °F)
Humidity 30 to 60% RH 
						

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Ordinary single sheets: front and cut-sheet feeder entry
Single-sheet multipart forms: front and high-capacity cut-sheet 
feeder entry Width Front:
90 to 304.8 mm (3.5 to 12 inches)
Cut-sheet feeders:
100 to 297 mm (3.9 to 11.6 inches)
Length Front:
70 to 420 mm (2.8 to 16.5 inches)
High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:
70 to 420 mm (2.8 to 16.5 inches)
Second-bin cut-sheet feeder:
210 to 420 mm (8.2 to 16.5 inches)
Thickness Front:
0.065 to 0.19 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0074 inch)
Cut-sheet feeders:
0.065 to 0.12 mm
(0.0025 to 0.0047 inch)
Weight Front:
52 to 157 g/m² (14 to 42 lb)
Cut-sheet feeders:
52 to 91 g/m² (14 to 24 lb)
Width Front:
90 to 304.8 mm (3.5 to 12 inches)
High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:
100 to 297 mm (3.9 to 11.7 inches)
Length Front, top glue:
70 to 420 mm (3.5 to 16.5 inches)
Front, side glue:
70 to 297 mm (3.5 to 11.7 inches)
High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:
92 to 420 mm (3.5 to 16.5 inches)
Copies 1 original + up to 5 copies 
						

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Envelopes: front and high-capacity cut-sheetfeeder entry
Postcards: front and high-capacity cut-sheet feeder entry
Roll paper: rear entry with optional roll paper holderThickness 0.12 to 0.46 mm (0.0047 to 0.018 inch)
Weight 40 to 58 g/m² (10 to 15 lb)
Binding Front:
Line glue at the top or a side of
form
High-capacity cut-sheet feeder:
Line glue at the top of form
Size No. 6: 165 ´ 92 mm (6.5 ´ 3.6 inches)
No. 10: 241 ´ 105 mm (9.5 ´ 4.1 inches)
Thickness 0.16 to 0.52 mm (0.0063 to 0.0205 inch)
Weight 45 to 90 g/m² (12 to 24 lb)
Width 100 to 200 mm (3.9 to 7.8 inches)
Length 100 to 200 mm (3.9 to 7.8 inches)
Thickness 0.22 mm (0.0087 inch)
Weight 192 g/m² (51 lb)
Width 216 ± 3 mm (8.5 ± 0.12 inches)
Thickness 0.07 to 0.09 mm (0.0028 to 0.0035 inch)
Weight 52 to 82 g/m² (14 to 22 lb)